securities firm: On Wednesday, the key market gauge fell 91.62 points, according to The Japan Times. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed down 1.18 points, or 0.07 percent, at 1,610.38, after shedding 5.69 points the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 28.28 points, or 0.14 percent, to end at 20,110.51. Stocks were directionless in thin trading, moving around the previous day's closing levels throughout Thursday. The impact of lower crude oil prices was not so strong because energy-related issues are not heavily weighted to the Tokyo stock market, an official of a bank-affiliated securities firm said. Losses in energy-related issues affected by lower crude oil prices weighed down the market, whose downside was underpinned by active purchases of small-cap issues, brokers said.
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